day 4: still no spam.
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sigmastolenThis morning, one of the first things I heard when I woke up was my mother, talking to a myna bird out on the lanai. "Hellooo," she crooned. Silly mummy. We walked quite a long ways to a farmer's market & got the most amazing pineapple; we ate the entire thing at lunch. And we also walked a much lesser distance to a beach, and I braved the sand and the water to swim and look for fish in the rocks. (It was fine, though my foot started bleeding again after a while, and getting sand in the cut kinda sucked.)
I looked a long, long while and for a long time all I saw was sand, rocks (big rocks, sometimes with stuff growing on them), and seaweed. It's strange -- there are virtually no shells to find, either still in the water, or washed up on the beach. There are infinitely more coral pieces than shell pieces. I did manage to find a crab carapace the other day, though -- did I mention? It's really cool... just the top, and you can see its little face, with eye- and antenna-spots. It's about the size of a nickel. crazy cool. I did see one fish at the beach today, though, mid-sized and pudgy, black with lots of little white spots all over, and with a long, pointy snout. It was cute. On the way back to the condo, I finally saw lots of little silvery fishies in the surf. Still no shells, though. But also, no unfortunate foot injuries today. Yay!
One of the things I've been meaning to mention is the rock. {geology lesson begins here} It's all basalt, like the seafloor; continents are made of granite, which is the pinky-grey rock you see in the mountains and stuff (as my mother never fails to point out). Anyway, basalt is very dark rock -- browny black. Except it's mafic, which means it has high levels of magnesium and iron in it (Ma+Fe-ic, get it?), and the iron has oxidized, so the rock (& soil) is also very very red (rust eh). {we return you to your regularly scheduled rambling} Anyway, there are a lot of parts of Maui that are not so different from California, but with a slightly different colour palette: more, greener greens, and the earth is red & black instead of pink & grey; and it's kinda disorienting and surreal.
In the afternoon, mum, Auntie Teresa, and I drove to Lahaina. We spent about two hours in Hilo Hattie, souveneir-hunting... And then after that, we walked down Front Street and window shopped. It was really fun, but expensive, too. Everything is really expensive here, we've found. And we also saw the oldest building on Maui (a mission), and the giant Banyan tree, which is incredible. There's the main trunk in the middle, and it has just spread out on all sides, sending down lots of support-root-mabobs, which look like trunks themselves, so it seems to be one great treetop with about ten trunks, all attached. It was amazing. The entire thing spans an entire block.
We also saw lots of birds today: two red-crested cardinals, some zebra doves, some spotted doves, and I saw a yellow-headed bird (or maybe several) that I have yet to identify. Yay birds!
I looked a long, long while and for a long time all I saw was sand, rocks (big rocks, sometimes with stuff growing on them), and seaweed. It's strange -- there are virtually no shells to find, either still in the water, or washed up on the beach. There are infinitely more coral pieces than shell pieces. I did manage to find a crab carapace the other day, though -- did I mention? It's really cool... just the top, and you can see its little face, with eye- and antenna-spots. It's about the size of a nickel. crazy cool. I did see one fish at the beach today, though, mid-sized and pudgy, black with lots of little white spots all over, and with a long, pointy snout. It was cute. On the way back to the condo, I finally saw lots of little silvery fishies in the surf. Still no shells, though. But also, no unfortunate foot injuries today. Yay!
One of the things I've been meaning to mention is the rock. {geology lesson begins here} It's all basalt, like the seafloor; continents are made of granite, which is the pinky-grey rock you see in the mountains and stuff (as my mother never fails to point out). Anyway, basalt is very dark rock -- browny black. Except it's mafic, which means it has high levels of magnesium and iron in it (Ma+Fe-ic, get it?), and the iron has oxidized, so the rock (& soil) is also very very red (rust eh). {we return you to your regularly scheduled rambling} Anyway, there are a lot of parts of Maui that are not so different from California, but with a slightly different colour palette: more, greener greens, and the earth is red & black instead of pink & grey; and it's kinda disorienting and surreal.
In the afternoon, mum, Auntie Teresa, and I drove to Lahaina. We spent about two hours in Hilo Hattie, souveneir-hunting... And then after that, we walked down Front Street and window shopped. It was really fun, but expensive, too. Everything is really expensive here, we've found. And we also saw the oldest building on Maui (a mission), and the giant Banyan tree, which is incredible. There's the main trunk in the middle, and it has just spread out on all sides, sending down lots of support-root-mabobs, which look like trunks themselves, so it seems to be one great treetop with about ten trunks, all attached. It was amazing. The entire thing spans an entire block.
We also saw lots of birds today: two red-crested cardinals, some zebra doves, some spotted doves, and I saw a yellow-headed bird (or maybe several) that I have yet to identify. Yay birds!
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Date: 2006-07-05 12:22 am (UTC)Hooray for the island of Maui.
Where are you staying?
!!!!
Oh!
I really ought to send you my grandma's guide to dining and shopping on Maui. It's ridiculously extensive, and could be useful.
& the other day, I was cleaning out my stuff, and I found the invite that Julie sent to all of us about your surprise-going-away party.
That's all.
HAVE FUN IN HAWAI'I!
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Date: 2006-07-10 06:08 am (UTC)Dining guide: Wow! We had some suggestions & guidebooks, but pretty vague. Maybe next time, eh?
awww.... that was a really nice party. I'd never even been to a surprise party before, I think... Also v. emotional, I remember I cried when everyone jumped out.
*hugs*